Mihir Bhimaraju
House hacking through Airbnb
Hello BPers!I was initially hesitant to post this as I was contemplating whether this is a success story yet, but I'll let the BP world to decide. I'm sure everyone has a story on how they came across BP and here's mi...
Shannon X.
Self-Storage?
I have always wanted to own my own self-storgae, however I don't have much knowledge about this area and don't plan on jumping right into it.. but I would like to know is this a good thing to invest in? how do you get...
Justin O'Malley
I NEED YOUR CRITICISM ABOUT MY 401K
Hey BPers,So I've been brainstorming about how to start stacking up my finances to come up with a down payment and I came across something. I'm freshly out of school and I have a good paying job but it still takes som...
Mateo Way
Tax debt pay off prior to closing
Hea BP Forums!I have found myself in a bit of a pickle.My wife and I have a property under contract for 345k with 20k in seller credits at closing, funded with a FHA loan. We passed inspection with only some minor pai...
Kathy Armstrong
Dallas/Fort Worth BiggerPockets October Meetup Speaker!
Hey everybody! I am so happy to announce our October speaker will be Mitch Stephens from San Antonio, author of the book My Life & 1,000 Houses Failing Forward to Financial Freedom. He will be driving all the...
Ryland Taniguchi
Why Seattle Sucks
In my lovely area of Seattle, the city council and the entire state government here are socialists. I live in the People's Republic of Seattle. The liberal government here believes that it is evil to make a profit.1) ...
Nathan J.
Should Property Managers charge an additional fee to find tenants?
Hi all,It seems some property managers look to charge one months rent to find a tenant, on top of the 10% of rent collected. Is that normal? It seems that a property manager should be incentivised to keep tenants long...
Rich Weese
My goal is to be #1 of the 55,462 BP members, tic!
I originally posted a three part series on early retirement in May of this year. At the time, I had another goal that I was working on. Well, here is where I stand.
Most on here know I travel a lot! Wifey says ...
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College area rentals?
I haven't posted much on this forum, but have been lurking for a little over half a year. I thought it was time to bring up some of my thoughts/experiences with college SFH rentals.
I am a very novice REI and current...
Rich Hupper
Two flips this year how to avoid self employment tax
HiI bought two properties this year and sold them for a profit. It is my understanding the profit from those flips will be treated as active income and subject to self employment tax. However I didn't even lift a fing...